The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SCAPEGOAT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2016.
One who seems responsible but isn't crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCAPEGOAT | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: One who seems responsible but isn't
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Crossword Answer definitions
SCAPEGOAT noun- In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
- Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
- To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.
- To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.
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